75% passing accuracy: Is this Sunderland player a good potential signing for Norwich City?

Ross Stewart has had a strong season with Sunderland and is their top scorer by quite some way having found the net 22 times this season, also making him the league’s top scorer.

His successful season has led to interest in him from Norwich City according to The Sun (27/03, p.67) and with Sunderland currently sitting just outside of the play-off spots, it could be a step up for the player.

Here, we look at Stewart’s statistics for the season so far using Wyscout to weigh up whether he would be a good signing for the Canaries.

Stewart’s shots on target average this season is 43.5% which is fairly low considering the number of goals he has scored this season.

However, in his seven previous games he has got 50% or above on five occasions suggesting that he may have improved as the season has progressed, and furthermore could continue to do so if he progressed to a higher team in Norwich.

Furthermore, his average for losses in his own half is only 23.3% showing he is good at keeping the ball and taking it forward into attacking positions.

Stewart’s accuracy for crossing is 27.7% on average which is fairly low.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing as in his role at Sunderland, he doesn’t typically need to be very good at this as it’s a rarity for him to be putting crosses in for other players, rather he tends to be the player in the box getting on the end of through balls and crosses.

However, it is something for Norwich to keep in mind when thinking about how they would see Stewart fitting into their side.

Passing

First and foremost, Stewart’s passing accuracy averages at 75% for the season and it is consistently high reaching 94% in his side’s most recent game against Lincoln City.

Therefore, immediately we see that the